Psalm 19

Words: The Book of Psalms for Singing

6's
(Note: metre is 6,6,6,6,8,8, try with "Darwell's 148th" or "St.Godic")

   1  The spacious heav'ns declare
      The glory of our God;
      the firmament displays
      His handiwork abroad
   2     Day unto day doth utter speech
         And night to night doth knowledge teach.

   3  Aloud they do not speak;
      They utter forth no word,
      Nor into language break;
      Their voice is never heard;
   4     Yet through the world their line extends
         Their words to earth's remotest ends.

      In heav'n He sat a tent,
      A dwelling for the sun,
   5  Which as a mighty man
      Delights his course to run.
         He, bridegroom like in his array,
         comes from his chamber, bringing day.

   6  His daily going forth
      Is from the end of heav'n:
      The firmament to him 
      Is for his circuit run.
         And everywhere from end to end,
         His radiant heat he doth extend.

   7  Jehovah's perfect law
      Restores the soul again;
      His testimony sure
      Gives wisdom unto men;
   8     The precepts of the Lord are right,
         And fill the heart with great delight.

      The Lord's commands are pure,
      They light and joy restore;
   9  Jehovah's fear is clean,
      Enduring evermore;
         His statutes, let the world confess,
         Are wholly truth and righteousness.

  10  They're more to be desired
      Than stores of finest gold;
      Than honey from the comb
      More sweetness far they hold;
  11     With warnings they Thy servant guard,
         In keeping them is great reward.

  12  His errors who can know?
      Cleanse me from hidden stain;
  13  Keep me from willful sins,
      Nor let them o'er me reign;
         And then I upright shall appear
         And be from great transgressions clear.

  14  When Thou dost search my life,
      May all my thoughts within
      And all the words I speak
      Thy full approval win.
         O Lord, Thou art a Rock to me,
         And my Redeemer Thou shalt be.


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